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[blockie]

I went to Display and enlarged the print to 150%. I'm almost 85 years old and my eyesight need help.
Now some of the dialogs are off the screen. I move the task bar to a side position but still not enough.
No scroll bars to help. Are there any other tricks available for those of us who need help seeing?

 

[torchwood]

have you got a TV, you could make that a second monitor.

Roy

 

[GokAy]

Maybe you can reduce the resolution a bit and also engage the magnifier for harder to read text instead?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/38827-magnifier-starts-startup-enable-disable.html

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Blockie:

Go back to personalize and then display.

Do you see a choice for "set custom text size (DPI)" on the left of the screen?

I have it on mine.

I have set my text size to 165 to make the icons and text larger on my 1600 x 900 resolution screen. Otherwise, I'd have trouble reading text. 150 is tolerable, but 165 is better. I think you can go above 165.

I don't know if it matters, but I am using integrated graphics on an Intel i5 processor.

Try it.

 

[GokAy]

By the way, you can fine tune icon sizes a bit by CTRL+mouse wheel - if you enlarge the icons too much they may disappear. So back down if so.

I'm almost 85 years old ...

You got a good 35 years more

 

[cyclops]

Blockie, 85 and still playing is great. Use the ctrl and + keys to zoom in, ctrl and - to zoom out

Let me know how it goes.

[FONT=&quot]I may be strange, but others are stranger![/FONT]

 

[AddRAM]

That works on web pages, but nothing else, as far as I can tell.

 

[cyclops]

AddRAM, Ctrl and + or - works in my Photoshop CS4, Windows Photo Viewer, Adobe Acrobat Pro, all .pdf, .jpg, .bmp, .gif. Not sure why it might only work for you on web pages?

 

[cyclops]

Blockie, like torchwood mentioned, a television these days usually will have the connections needed to hook up a computer and serve as a monitor. I have my 47 inch Toshiba connected and I can read my screen from 6 to 8 feet away. What TV do you have? Some TV's will even support wireless connection. I am connected with HDMI, but have the option of using a standard computer monitor cable which uses a DB-15 connector and would also require a stereo audio cable for sound. The HDMI supports audio. I see you are in CA. If you want some help via phone (NO CHARGE), just say so.